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JAMDA

September 14, 2020

A Case-Control Study of the Sub-Acute Care for Frail Elderly (SAFE) Unit on Hospital Readmission, Emergency Department Visits and Continuity of Post-Discharge Care

In Canada, alternate-level-of-care (ALC) beds in hospitals may be used when patients who do not require the intensity of services provided in an acute care setting are waiting to be discharged to a more appropriate care setting. However, when there is a lack of care options for patients waiting to be disch...
JAMDA

March 6, 2017

Frailty and Multimorbidity: Different Ways of Thinking About Geriatrics

The terms and are increasingly used in the medical literature to measure the risk profile of an older individual in order to support clinical decisions and design ad hoc interventions. The construct of multimorbidity was initially developed and used in nongeriatric settings. It generates a monodimensiona...
JAMDA

August 7, 2019

A 4-Item Case-Finding Tool to Detect Dementia in Older Persons

Brief cognitive tests are recommended in clinical services outside of specialized memory clinics as case-finding tools to reduce the diagnostic gap of dementia. Although the Montreal Cognitive Assessment (MoCA) is among the most widely used brief tests in specialized memory clinics, its length precludes ro...
Policy Snapshot

December 1, 2023

CDC Issues Food Safety Alert for LTC Facilities

The CDC has issued a food safety alert regarding an outbreak of Salmonella infections linked to cantaloupes. The CDC is concerned about this outbreak because the illnesses are severe, and people in long-term care facilities and childcare centers have gotten sick. Do not eat pre-cut cantaloupes if you don’t...